# Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital (remote · landlordlookout.co.uk)

UK Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: who must use it and when, software that fits, deadlines.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- remote · `landlordlookout.co.uk`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd/landlordlookout.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd/landlordlookout)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 83/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 63/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1196 tokens (~299/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 67/100
  - Stability observed for 20 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital MCP server?

Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital is a hosted endpoint at https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd 'https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd": {
      "url": "https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd]
url = "https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd --url 'https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd:
    url: "https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd -t streamable-http -u 'https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-26 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-24 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-22 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-20 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `check_mtd` (~396 tokens)

Check if Making Tax Digital applies

Says whether a UK sole trader or landlord must use Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax, from when, and why, using the qualifying income tests in HMRC's rules (SI 2026/336). Give the person's income types and, for each tax year you know, their qualifying income: self-employment turnover plus property income before expenses, counting only their share of jointly owned property. Returns the start date, the reasons, GOV.UK sources and a link to the matching Landlord Lookout page.

Input parameters:

- `income_types` (array, required): Every kind of income the person has. Only self_employment, uk_property and foreign_property count towards MTD; the others are accepted so the answer can say they do not count.
- `qualifying_income_2024_25` (number): Qualifying income in pounds for the 2024-25 tax year (6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025): self-employment turnover plus rent and other property income before expenses, their share only. Over £50,000 means…
- `qualifying_income_2025_26` (number): Qualifying income in pounds for the 2025-26 tax year (6 April 2025 to 5 April 2026): self-employment turnover plus rent and other property income before expenses, their share only. Over £30,000 means…
- `qualifying_income_2026_27` (number): Qualifying income in pounds for the 2026-27 tax year (6 April 2026 to 5 April 2027): self-employment turnover plus rent and other property income before expenses, their share only. Over £20,000 means…

### `find_mtd_software` (~357 tokens)

Find MTD software that fits

Lists software from HMRC's list of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax software that meets the needs given, in fit order (no product pays for its place). Filters: income types, how records are kept now (spreadsheets needs bridging software), a free plan, number of properties, filing the year-end tax return, other income, VAT, Welsh, and where it runs. Each product comes with its price, why it fits, what to watch out for, its HMRC listing, the vendor's website and a link to Landlord Lookout.

Input parameters:

- `files_tax_return` (boolean): true: only products that also file the year-end tax return.
- `free_plan` (boolean): true: only products with a free plan that covers these needs (not free only with a business bank account).
- `income_types` (array): Income the software must report. Leave out to search every product.
- `limit` (integer): How many products to return, 1 to 25. Default 10.
- `other_income` (string): Whether wages, pensions, savings or dividends also go on the return. Products that cannot confirm this rank lower.
- `platforms` (array): Where it must run. Every value given must hold.
- `properties` (string): How many properties are let. Used to check free plan limits.
- `records` (string): How records are kept now. spreadsheets: only products that send figures from a spreadsheet (bridging). paper_or_nothing: only products that keep the records themselves. software or left out: no filte…
- `vat_registered` (boolean): true: only products that handle VAT.
- `welsh` (boolean): true: only products offered in Welsh.

### `get_mtd_software_product` (~111 tokens)

Look up one MTD software product

Facts about one product on HMRC's list of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax software, by name: price, free plan, income types, whether it files the year-end tax return, VAT, Welsh, where it runs, its HMRC listing, the vendor's website and a link to Landlord Lookout. If several products match, returns their names to choose from.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Product or vendor name, such as "FreeAgent" or "Landlord Vision".

### `get_mtd_deadlines` (~172 tokens)

Get MTD deadlines

The next Making Tax Digital for Income Tax deadlines from today: the next quarterly update (with the period it covers) and the next Self Assessment tax return and payment date, plus the upcoming list, the penalty rules that apply now and a calendar feed. Give start_year to see only the dates for people who start MTD that year.

Input parameters:

- `count` (integer): How many upcoming deadlines to list, 1 to 12. Default 6.
- `start_year` (string): The April the person starts MTD (2026: income over £50,000 in 2024-25; 2027: income over £30,000 in 2025-26; 2028: income over £20,000 in 2026-27). Leave out for every deadline.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd/landlordlookout#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 82
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 81
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 80
- 2026-10-30: 80
- 2026-10-29: 79
- 2026-10-28: 79
- 2026-10-27: 78
- 2026-10-26: 78
- 2026-10-25: 77
- 2026-10-24: 77
- 2026-10-23: 76
- 2026-10-22: 76
- 2026-10-21: 75
- 2026-10-20: 75
- 2026-10-19: 74
- 2026-10-18: 74
- 2026-10-17: 74
- 2026-10-16: 73
- 2026-10-15: 73

## Common questions

### What is the Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital MCP server?

Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as uk.co.landlordlookout/mtd. UK Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: who must use it and when, software that fits, deadlines. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp).

### Is the Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital MCP server safe to use?

Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital MCP server expose?

Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital exposes 4 tools: check_mtd, find_mtd_software, get_mtd_software_product, get_mtd_deadlines. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,036 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital MCP server still maintained?

Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp
- Website: https://landlordlookout.co.uk/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd/landlordlookout.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd/landlordlookout.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-landlordlookout-mtd/landlordlookout